Former Brazil star Rivaldo and his son both scored in the same match in the Brazilian league’s second division on Tuesday.The 43-year-old Rivaldo scored once and his 20-year-old son, Rivaldo Jr., netted twice in Mogi Mirim’s 3-1 win over Macae.Rivaldo, who is also the president of Mogi Mirim, ended his retirement last month to try to help his team overcome a difficult start in this year’s championship. Mogi Mirim was last in the 20-team standings until Tuesday’s victory allowed it...
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Philippe Coutinho and Diego Tardelli scored a goal each in the first half to give Brazil a 2-0 win over Mexico in a warmup for the Copa America on Sunday.It was Brazil’s first match at home since its disappointing World Cup elimination last year, and the second-to-last before it travels to Chile for the South American tournament. Dunga’s team will play at home again on Wednesday against Honduras in its final warmup.It was Mexico’s final match before debuting in the...
Roberto Bautista Agut defeated Rogerio Dutra Silva 6-0, 6-1, 6-3 on Friday to give Spain a 1-0 lead over Brazil in a World Group playoff in the Davis Cup.The 15th-ranked Bautista Agut, Spain’s top player for the series in Brazil, dominated from the start against the 201st-ranked Silva, winning the clay-court match in 1 hour, 31 minutes.The Spaniard won 11 straight games before his opponent finally held his serve late in the second set at the Ibirapuera indoor arena. “We...
Brazil striker Neymar is only 22 years old, but knows he will be carrying the hopes of the host country...
France coach Didier Deschamps is tut-der pressure after federation finance chiefs said they have budgeted for a quar¬ter-final spot in...
Group D is the only one at the World Cupto contain dove former world cham¬pions in England, Italy and Uruguay...
The Brazilian football confederation will summon former national team coaches to help find ways of improving football in the country after a series of disappointing results.The confederation’s announcement that it will form a counsel of former coaches comes less than a week after Brazil was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Copa America for the second consecutive time. It’s also less than a year since Brazil’s worst loss ever, a 7-1 defeat to Germany in the semifinals of the World...
Referees in Brazil are threatening to go on strike because of increased criticism from players, coaches and club directors.The referees said Friday that they will halt the Brazilian league unless the local confederation and the nation’s sports tribunal take serious action against those “not respecting” the officiating crews.The complaint comes after a wave of criticism from players and coaches upset about the way referees have been dealing with hand balls inside the area. Many penalties have been awarded regardless of...
Organizers may as well give the World Cup to Brazil right now, according to Croatia’s Dejan Lovren, after the defender...
A subway strike in Sao Paulo that threatened to disrupt the opening of the World Cup was averted Wednesday night even as airport workers in Rio de Janeiro declared a 24-hour work stoppage in the main destination for soccer fans traveling to Brazil.Some 1,500 subway workers in Sao Paulo voted against going back on strike in a pay dispute. They had suspended the walkout Monday amid a popular backlash and government pressure to end the transportation chaos in Brazil’s biggest...
Global football chief Sepp Matter blast¬ed critics trying to “destroy” FIFA on Monday, suggesting that “racism” was partly behind cor-ruption...
Striker Fred scored early in the second half to help Brazil defeat Serbia 1-0 in its final warm-up before the World Cup on Friday.Brazil was struggling and fans were jeering the team when Fred found the net from inside the area in the 58th minute at a nearly packed Morumbi Stadium. He chested down a cross by Thiago Silva and hit a right footed shot as he fell in between two Serbian defenders.Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari used the same...
